‘The View’ Tussles Over Martha MacCallum’s Kavanaugh Interview: It Was a ‘Real Softball’

‘The View’ Tussles Over Martha MacCallum’s Kavanaugh Interview: It Was a ‘Real Softball’ (Mediaite)

Following Judge Brett Kavanaugh‘s exclusive interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum, the co-hosts of The View sparred over whether the host was too easy on the SCOTUS nominee facing sexual assault allegations.

Abby Huntsman — a former Fox Newser herself who noted she was mentored by MacCallum — immediately came to her former colleague’s defense, contending that “she did a great interview.”

“If you watch this interview, she is very good at what she does,” Huntsman said. “She’s also a wonderful woman. I can speak from personal experience, but she asked the questions that I would have asked if I were sitting across the room from him.”

Huntsman also speculated that “they thought through this before and said, ‘Let’s sit down with a comfortable audience,’ which is Fox News,” carefully selecting MacCallum to do the questioning.

However, that still didn’t sit well with Sunny Hostin, who took issue with what she felt was a friendly interview that didn’t fully adhere to journalistic standards.

“She didn’t ask the questions I would have asked as a former sex crimes prosecutor, I’ll tell you that much,” Hostin shot back. “I thought it was a real softball interview actually.”